Protecting the Empire's Frontier : Officers of the 18th (Royal Irish) Regiment of Foot During Its North American Service, 1767-1776.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (365 pages)
- War and Society in North America Series .
- War and Society in North America Series .
Intro -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- The Early History of the Regiment -- North American Service -- Captain Hugh Lord's Detachment in Illinois -- Atlantic Seaboard Service -- 1 The Officer Corps of the 18th (Royal Irish) Regiment -- The Makeup of the Officer Corps -- Officer Careers -- Courts-Martial and Discipline -- Wives and Children -- The Officers' Biographies -- 2 Field Officers -- Henry Folliott -- Isaac Hamilton -- John Saunders Sebright -- John Shee -- John Wilkins -- Adam Williamson -- 3 Captains and Captain Lieutenants -- Hugh Antrobus -- Thomas Batt -- William Blackwood -- Benjamin Chapman -- Charles Edmonstone -- John Evans -- Henry Fermor -- Robert Hamilton -- Matthew Lane -- Hugh Lord -- Benjamin Charnock Payne -- William Richardson -- George Stainforth -- John Stewart -- Lewis Wynne -- 4 Lieutenants -- George Bewes -- George Bruere -- William Conolly -- Edward Crosby -- John de Birniere -- John Peter DeLancey -- John Joyner Ellis -- Alexander Fowler -- Francis John Kelly -- John Mawby Jr. -- Marcus Paterson -- William Perkins -- Edmund Prideaux -- William Raymond -- William Smith -- Nicholas Trist -- 5 Ensigns and Volunteers -- James Aldcroft -- Charles Hoar -- Francis Howard -- George Mawby -- Sebright Mawby -- John Piercy -- Thomas Serle -- Henry Shaw -- William Henry Slator -- Godfrey Tracey -- Samuel Twentyman -- John Wilcocks -- 6 Staff Officers -- George Buttricke -- Edward Hand -- John Handamede -- Stanley Leathes -- John L. Lynn -- John Mawby Sr. -- Robert Jocelyn Newburgh -- William Smith -- Daniel Thomas -- Thomas Thomasson -- Samuel Turner -- 7 Absentee Officers -- Horace Churchill -- Caesar Colclough -- John Cope -- Thomas Cuming -- William Greaves -- Claudius Hamilton -- John Hamilton -- Benjamin Johnson -- John Wilmot Prideaux -- James Taylor Trevor. Francis Wadman -- 8 Other Officers Associated with the Royal Irish in America -- John Bailey -- Thomas Bruce -- Robert Douglas -- George Gordon -- Francis Seymour Hearst -- Thomas Hutchins -- John MacKay -- Henry Miller -- John Pexton -- James Rumsey -- George Sinclair -- John Smith -- Jonas Watson -- Epilogue -- Notes on Sources -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Protecting the Empire's Frontier tells stories of the roughly eighty officers who served in the 18th (Royal Irish) Regiment of Foot, which served British interests in America during the crucial period from 1767 through 1776.
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